[ESS-bugs] developer and trace

[Richard M. Heiberger]

very slick!  thank you for the explanation.

On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Vitalie Spinu <spinuvit at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Richard, you are not typing in R but in the minibuffer. ESS detects
> "section:" and pops a request in the minibuffer. The reason is
> efficiency. First, you don't have to press RET. Second, if you are in
> script buffer and execute you code with C-c C-c (or whatever) you don't
> have to switch to *R* buffer to enter the number. I think mechanism is
> pretty straightforward and handy.
>
>   Vitalie
>
>  >>> "Richard M. Heiberger" on Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:07:45 -0400 wrote:
>
>  > Since I just downloaded the current ESS version, I checked the
>  > behavior that previously most annoyed me.
>
>  > In C-c C-t bb  ## to get recover
>
>  > When I am sending lines from the .r buffer to the *R* buffer with C-c
>  > C-n or C-c C-c
>  > and I trigger the recover action, then
>
>  > the cursor is in the .r buffer,
>  > the request "Selection: " appears twice, in the *R* buffer and in the
>  > mini-buffer.
>  > I leave the cursor in the .r buffer and press a number.
>  > The *R* buffer receives the number and goes to the right place in the
>  > frame list.
>
>  > YAY!
>
>  > This is now behaving the way I want.
>
>  > I don't understand why the mini-buffer is involved.  But as long as I
>  > can ignore the mini-buffer it is ok.
>  > I did attempt to type a number directly in the mini-buffer.
>  > *Messages* opened and the cursor went to the
>  > *R*.
>
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